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| Satchel Paige
Age is a case of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it don't matter. I ain't ever had a job, I just always played baseball. I never threw an illegal pitch. The trouble is, once in a while I toss one that ain't never been seen by this generation. I've said it once and I'll say it a a hundred times, I'm forty-four years old. If a man can beat you, walk him. It's funny what a few no-hitters do for a body. Money and women. They're two of the strongest things in the world. The things you do for a woman you wouldn't do for anything else. Same with money. My feet ain't got nothing to do with my nickname, but when folks get it in their heads that a feller's got big feet, soon the feet start looking big. One time I snuck a ball on with me and when I went to winding up, I threw one of them balls to first and one to second. I was so smooth I picked off both runners and fanned the batter without that ump or the other team even knowing it. The only change is that baseball has turned Paige from a second class citizen to a second class immortal. There never was a man on Earth who pitched as much as me. But the more I pitched, the stronger my arm would get. When a batter swings and I see his knees move, I can tell just what his weaknesses are then I just put the ball where I know he can't hit it. |
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